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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Fifty-nine young people across St. Kitts and Nevis engaged with senior officials from the Department of Youth Empowerment on Wednesday (November 17, 2021) to develop plans, offer ideas and share comments on the government’s agenda for youth for the next five years. The meaningful engagement took place at the Youth Rap Session that was held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. Minister of Youth, the Honourable Jonel Powell, and Dwynette Eversley, a consultant with the ministry, were the main presenters. Minister Powell welcomed the interactive six-hour forum, noting that it allowed another opportunity to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is lifting the curfew mandate that was first introduced in March 2020 to help curb the spread of COVID-19. “The Task Force would have made a recommendation to have the curfew lifted and I am pleased to inform you that Cabinet has approved for the full lifting of the curfew from the Regulations,” said Abdias Samuel, Chair of the COVID-19 National Task Force, at the NEOC COVID-19 Press Briefing for November 17. “So when you see the new iterations of the Regulations there will be no more…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 18, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — After former champion team of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League, Lodge Domino Club was dramatically dislodged from the final four in the 26thedition of the league, the team was on Wednesday evening November 17 narrowly knocked out of the Best of the Rest competition. Having finished as the second seed among the Best of the Rest, Lodge faced second last seed Small Corner Bar Domino Club in a tight and hotly contested game played at the new Lodge-Ottley’s Community Centre where the underdogs (Small Corner Bar) carried the day with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (RSCNPF): Police Officers in Division ‘B’ are sharpening their investigative skills at a Traffic Accident Investigation Workshop that got underway this week at the Dieppe Bay Police Station. The Workshop, which began on Monday, November 15, 2021, is scheduled to run until December 16.Sessions will be held on Mondays and Thursdays weekly for three (3) hours each. The exercise is part of the division’s ongoing professional development programme for Police Officers. At a brief opening ceremony to officially begin the workshop, Divisional Commander for District ‘B’, Superintendent Lyndon David, stressed the importance of such an exercise.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Marine Resources is hosting a fishing tournament on Saturday, November 20– a day before the observation of World Fisheries Day on November 21. Director of the Department of Marine Resources, Dr. Marc Williams said in an interview, “The purpose of this tournament is to promote ocean pelagic fishery which has seen the most decline for St. Kitts and Nevis in 2021.” “The Department of Marine Resources is looking at the fishermen to target these species. From a management perspective when fishermen target ocean pelagic, the abundance of fish on the nearshore reefs get…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, through the efforts of the Ministry of Health, has successfully curbed the third wave of COVID-19 infections. During the November 17, 2021, NEOC press briefing, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Hazel Laws indicated that both the hospitalization and infection rates across the Federation continue to decline, thanks to the success of the vaccination programme. “We have done a good job so far in terms of containing the third wave of infections, and so over this past week we have only added twenty-six (26) new cases. So the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 18, 2021) — Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Gender Affairs, could hardly contain her excitement as she launched a Boys’ Mentorship Programme on Nevis hosted by the Department of Gender Affairs. The programme began with 15 men in the first in a series of training sessions following a ceremony to launch the programme on November 16, 2021 at the Department of Gender Affairs conference room. During her remarks, Minister Brandy-Williams endorsed and expressed satisfaction with the programme. “I am indeed happy to know that we in Nevis have taken that bold step, starting a mentorship programme for…

Thursday, November 18, 2021 — The unprecedented demands of the COVID-19 pandemic on education sectors across the region have exposed critical vulnerabilities and reiterated the urgent need to advance actions toward the harmonisation of educational systems amongst Member States. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission continues to work assiduously towards this mission. Guided by the overarching mandate of regional integration, the Commission seeks to ensure common standards in education across the sub region. Due to the complexity and varying degrees of development across Member States, however, the response to regional integration must be shared and prescriptive. Successful change in…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Diabetes is considered a common comorbidity that COVID-19 can exploit. As such, as the Federation celebrates Diabetes Week, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Hazel Laws, highlighted the vulnerability of Diabetics to COVID-19. “In the context of COVID-19 it is very important for you to maintain normal blood sugar levels. So if you are diabetic and perchance contract COVID-19 you fare better if your blood sugar values are within the normal range,” said Dr. Laws at the November 17 edition of the NEOC COVID-19 Press Briefing. “And so, if you are diabetic you need to…